The Vancouver Olympics luge competition will resume on Saturday, a day after a Georgian athlete died in a training run, Games organisers said on Friday. “The FIL (International Luge Federation) will resume men’s training Saturday morning with two full training runs prior to the competition taking place as scheduled at 17h00 (0100 GMT),” VANOC said in a statement.

The 2010 Winter Olympics will begin under a serious cloud after the death of a Georgian luger in training on Friday ahead of the opening ceremony. The 21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili crashed at high speed at the Whistler Sliding Centre. There are now serious doubts over the staging of all the sliding events.